Conductor&#39;s cash-fare register.



W. W, KAY.

OO'NDUGTOR'S CASH FARE REGISTER.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB.23, 1909.

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CONDUCTORS GASH- FARE REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED FEB.23, 1909.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910.

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WILLIAM W. KAY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

CONDUCTORS CASH-FARE REGISTER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. KAY, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Conductors Cash-Fare Registers, of which the following isa full, clear, and eXact description, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which Figure 1. is a perspective view of my improveddevice; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the same; Fig. 8is a detail view of the hat check or receipt issued by the device; Fig.t is a detail view of a portion of the permanent record retained in thedevice; Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional View on line 5-5, Fig. 2;Fig. 6 is a cross sectional view on line 66, Fig. 2; Fig. 7 is a crosssectional view on line 77, Fig. 2; and Fig. 8 is a cross sectional viewon line 88, Fig. 2.

This invention relates to an improvement in conductors cash fareregisters of that character illustrated in U. S. Letters Patent Nos.809,377 and 809,378, granted to me January 9th, 1906.

My present invention consists in a simplified construction of register,in which the ticket-canceling devices at the time of canceling saidticket also mark the cancellation number upon a hat check, together withthe date and train number, so that said hat check, when issued, willcorrespond in these particulars to the canceled ticket or cash farereceipt. A permanent record is kept of the point of destination, whichrecord also appears on the issued hat check.

By the use of my invention, a traveling auditor can at any point and atany time check up a train, all of whose passengers must be accountedfor, according to the condition of the conductors register.

To briefly illustrate the use of my invention: The conductor, in workinga train, is supposed to receive transportation of some character fromeach and every passenger, whether this transportation be in the form ofticket, mileage, cash fare, trip pass, annual, etc. Separate records arekept of annual transportatlon, or other forms of Specification ofLetters Patent.

Application filed February 23, 1909.

Patented Nov. 22, 1910. Serial No. 479,397.

passes which are not taken up and canceled or receipted for. Myinvention is intended, primarily, to keep an accurate account of allforms of transportation in the way of mileage, tickets or cash fares, inwhich the railroad company is financially interested. To begin with,certain wheels in the device are ad usted to record the number of thetrain and the date. Other consecutive numbering wheels may be started atany point to carry on a series of numbers. When the conductor l iits aticket, mileage, or issues a cash fare receipt, he places the ticket, orthe like, in the mouth of the punch and operates the handle, whichcauses the ticket to be canceled by having printed thereon, orperforated therethrough, the train number, the date, and the serialnumber of the cancellation. These numbers are also recorded upon a hatcheck, which is issued either to the passenger or placed in a bracketfor the in spection of the traveling auditor.

Hat checks are preferably in the form of a continuous web or paper inthe machine, and after they, are marked, are fed from the machine wherethey may be severed.

A permanent record is kept of the point of destination for which eachhat check is issued, the number of the station appearing on said recordand on said hat check.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the casing of the machine, which isprovided with an overhanging head portion 2.

3 is the mouth of the machine in which the ticket or the like to becanceled is inserted.

4t is a door by which access may be gained to the interior.

5 is an opening in the top wall of the casing through which theconductor may i11- scribe the station which is the destination of thepassenger to or for whom the hat check is issued.

6 is a spool (see Fig. 7) on which is arranged a web of paper 7 to beissued and severed in the form of hat checks. A spring 8 mounted on thedoor 4 bears against spool 6 to produce retarding friction. Spool 6 ismounted on a fixed post 9 extending from the back plate of the machine.

10 is a spool on which is mounted a record strip 11, said record strippassing under the strip 7 and over platen 12, which platen isconstituting the heads of spool 13 up against the surface of a drivingcylinder 17, which driving cylinder is provided with pinion 18 at itsend meshing with a gear 19. Gear 19 is mounted on shaft 20, on whichshaft is pivotally mounted a pawl carrying lever 21. Pawl 22 carried bythis lever, normally rests on a track plate 23, whereby, upon theinitial movement of the lever, the pawl will not engage the path of gear19, but will permit lever 21 to move through an arc of a circle equal tothe length of pawl 22 over the track 23, before the lever 21 becomesengaged with the gear 19. A spring 25 restores the lever 21 to normalcondition.

The upper end of lever 21 is provided with a shoulder, against whichoperates a roller or lateral projection on the lower end of an operatingbar 26, which bar is provided with a handle :27 extending through avertical slot in the casing, as shown in Fig. 1.

28 is a pawl cooperating with teeth or serrations on bar 26 to compel afull stroke.

VVhen bar 26 is depressed, shaft 20 is rocked, but, as before stated,wheel 19 is permitted to remain idle during the initial depression "ofbar 26, during which time the ticket is canceled and a record made onthe hat check of the train number, date. and serial number.

Printing impression is made from the recording mechanism as follows: 29indicates a rock arm fixed to shaft 20 (see Fig. 5). which rock armnormally lies under a pawl 30 pivotally mounted on a lever 31. The innerend of lever 31 is connected to a platen support 32, in which is mounteda platen 33, preferably made of felt or other suitable material. Thissupport 32 is guided vertically in its movement by suitable ways in thetop casing or housing. Vhen the bar 26 is depressed the arm 29 is movedupwardly from the position shown in Fig. 2, and carries with it pawl 30and lever 31. In this manner the platen is lifted, forcing the ticketagainst the recording devices, to be canceled, and the hat check againstsaid recording devices, to receive impressions of the numbers beforereferred to. As the arm 29 moves upwardly, it moves from under the pawl30, whereupon a spring 34 restores the platen to normal condition. Whenthe arm 29 is returned to its home position, pawl 30 is idly vibrated,being moved forwardly by arm 29 until said arm passes under said pawl.

The recording devices above referred to consist of three wheels 35 (seeFig. 5), constituting a counting mechanism on the peripheries of whosewalls are puncturing points 36 arranged to indicate numbers. To theunits wheel of this counting mechanism is arranged an arm 37 whichcooperates with the bar 26, whereby, when said bar is depressed, theunits wheel is advanced one number at a time, so as to print consecutivenumbers on the tickets and hat checks. The construction of this countingmechanism forms no part of my present invention, as thesame is alreadydescribed in my aforesaid Patent No. 809,378. The counting mechanismshown in my present invention, however, is closed against inspection andoperation except through the depression of the bar 26. I prefer to havethe counting mechanism sealed in the machine, because I have found it isunnecessary to restore the counting wheels to zero, as the ofiice canmake a record of the number at the time it issues the machine, and theproper oflicials will thus know the first number of the series on eachtrip.

38 indicate manually positioned wheels mounted alongside of the countingwheels 35, one of which, with large printing characters being used todesignate the train num ber, while the others, with the small printingcharacters, may be adjusted to record the date as shown in Fig. 3,wherein 7 indicates the seventh month, July; 5, the day of the month;and 10 the year 1910.

39 indicates the spring-pressed lever which is used to force the ticketand hat check off from the puncturing needles as the platen is moveddownwardly. This lever carries an idle roller 10, which holds the hatcheck against the cylinder 17, and when said cylinder 17 is rotated uponthe last half of the depression of bar 26, it will issue the hat checkcontaining the record of the transaction.

The cylinder 17 drives the spool 13 frictionally at a higher rate ofspeed than is necessary to wind up the permanent record. In order toalways keep the record strip taut and to control the feed of thepermanent record, I gear through wheel 41 a cylinder 42 to be driven atthe same time that the hat check is being issued, whereby apredetermined portion of the record strip is wound on the receivingspool. A spring-pressed idler 13 holds the record strip against thecylinder 42, so that frictional contact will cause said record strip tobe forcibly driven forward by each operation.

I am aware that minor changes in the construction, arrangement andcombination of the several parts of my device can be made andsubstituted for those herein shown and described without in the leastdeparting from the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In an apparatus of the character 'described, the combination with acasing lli.\ ing an opening through which inscriptions may be manuallymade on a check, checkissuing mechanism, means for canceling a ticketand for recording identification marks on the check before it is issued,said issuing mechanism feeding said check forwardly beyond the pointwhere the inscription has been made thereon.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having an opening through which inscriptions may be manually madeon a check, checkissuing mechanism, ticket canceling mechanism operablesimultaneously therewith, means for recording identification marks onthe check, and means for winding a permanent record strip on which isrecorded the manual inscription only, said record strip being woundsimultaneously with the issuance of said check.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having an opening, means for canceling a ticket and for feeding acheck past said opening through which the station of destination ismanually inscribed on said check, and means for recording serial numberson said checks.

4. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination withmeans for feeding a check past an opening where the station ofdestination may be inscribed thereon, means for recording the trainnumher and date upon said check, and at the same time canceling aticket, or the like, with said numbers, and means for making a permanentrecord of the station of destination numbers only.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having a ticket-receiving aperture, and an opening through whichthe station of destination may be manually written on a check to beissued, ticket canceling devices in the form of puncturing devicesarranged to represent numbers indicative of the train number, date andserial number, means for feeding a check to be punctured with saidnumbers at the time said ticket is canceled, means for effecting saidpuncturing operation before said check is issued, said means finallyissuing said check, and means for retaining a permanent record of thestation of destination written on said issued check.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, mechanism for feeding astrip of paper a predetermined distance cooperating with mechanism forfeeding another strip of paper from an independent source of supply arelatively shorter distance, a rewinding device for the last mentionedstrip of paper, and yielding means tending to drive said rewindingdevice at an excessive speed.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, mechanism for feedingstrip of paper a predetermined distance cooperating with mechanism forfeeding another strip of paper from an independent source of supply arelatively shorter distance, a rewinding device for the last mentionedstrip of paper, and yielding means tending to drive said rewindingdevice at an excessive speed, said driving means being actuated by thefirst mentioned paper-feeding mechanism.

8. In an apparatus of the character described, a roll for feeding astrip of paper a predetermined distance, meal'is for actuating saidroll, mechanism for feeding another strip of paper from an independentsource of supply a relatively shorter distance, a rewinding spool forthe last mentioned strip of paper, and means for yieldingly forcing saidrewinding spool into engagement with said feeding roll.

9. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination withcheck feeding mechanism, of means for perforating or indenting thecheck, means for moving the check into engagement with indenting device,and means for holding the check out of engagement therewith while thecheckfeeding mechanism is operating said means cooperating with thecheck being issued.

10. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination withcheckfeeding mechanism, of means for perforating or indenting saidcheck, a platen adapted to move the check into engagement with saidindenting devices, and yielding means for holding the check out ofengagement therewith while the check-feeding mechanism is operating saidmeans cooperating with the check being issued.

11. In an apparatus of the character described, a manually operableactuating device, a rock shaft actuated thereby, a spring for restoringsaid rock shaft to normal position, means for actuating paper feedingand issuing mechanism operated by said rock shaft, a frictionally drivenwinding spool cooperating with said paper feeding mechanism, wheelshaving raised characters on their peripherv, a platen, means operated bysaid rock shaft for moving said platen so as to force the paper intoengagement with said wheels, and means for holding the platen away fromsaid wheels while the feeding mechanism is operating.

12. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination with anumbering wheel for canceling tickets by recording e011- secutivenumbers thereon, means for simul- I date of cancellation borne by theticket, and

taneously placing the train number and date on said tickets, means forissuing the check, and means for feeding a record strip on which theconsecutive number is recorded, a spool on which said strip is wound andmeans operated by the check-issuing mechanism for operating the spool ata higher rate of speed than said record strip is fed.

13. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having an opening through which the point of destination of theticket being canceled may be manually inscribed on a check, numberingwheels for canceling tickets by recording consecutive numbers thereon,means for simultaneously placing the train number and date on saidtickets, means for recording upon said check the said consecutivenumber, train numberand date impressed upon said ticket and issuing saidcheck at the time said ticket is canceled, and means for feeding arecord strip on which the consecutive number and point of destinationonly are recorded.

14. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having an opening through which the point of destination of theticket being canceled may be manually inscribed on a check, numberingwheels for consecutively numbering tickets to be canceled, means forrecording the train number and date upon said tickets as they arecanceled, means for issuing said check at the time of canceling itscomplementary ticket, said ticket also bearing the consecutivecancellation number, train number and means for making a permanentrecord of the several points of destination inscribed upon said-ticketsas theyare issued.

L5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having an opening through which the point of destination of theticket being canceled may be manually inscribed on a check, means forcanceling tickets by recording consecutive numbers thereon and means forissuing checks bearing said consecutive numbers as said tickets arecanceled, said checks containing the manual inscription of the stationof destination of their respective complementary tickets.

16. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with acasing having an opening through which the point of destination of theticket being canceled may be manually inscribed on a check, means forcanceling tickets by recording consecutive numbers thereon, means forissuing checks bearing said consecutive numbers as said tickets arecanceled, said checks containing the stat-ion of destination of theirrespective complementary tickets, and means for keeping a separaterecord of said destination of said tickets.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses, this 16th day of February, 1909.

WILLIAM W. KAY.

